1624 Search Results for "hot wing maple"
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A steep learning curve
Property owner’s riverbank collapse is a tale of two gardens
With spring only a few weeks away, gardeners are on the cusp of a new season. For Raymond Normandeau who lives along the Red River, the spring gardening checklist is a lengthy one. On November 2, 2020, the riverbank adjoining . . .
Posted: 2023-03-04
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Spring into Spring with a walkabout
Assess your landscape, make new discoveries, and plan to plant
It’s on every gardener’s mind. How soon will I be able to get into my garden? Memories are still fresh about how long we waited last spring. We have a powerful desire to poke around still-sleeping plants, push debris . . .
Posted: 2023-04-29
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Lavender fields forever
With care and caution legendary plant can thrive in Manitoba
At Bleu Lavande, Canada’s largest lavender farm (and the second largest in North America), more than 100, 000 lavender plants are grown in row after undulating row.Located in Fitch Bay, near Magog in the Eastern Townships of Quebec on 97 . . .
Posted: 2016-08-20
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Sneeze, wheeze... solutions, please
How to garden without the misery of allergies
Checklist: trowel, potting soil, watering can, plants, containers. If your list includes elbow-length gloves, goggles and an N95 filter mask, you may be part of the growing legion of gardeners who are allergy-sufferers.Seasonal tree pollens, grasses, weeds, scented flowers, moulds, . . .
Posted: 2012-05-26
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A man for all seasons
Jack of all trades responsible for restoring calm and quiet to neighbourhood
Dennis Rawluk has lived his whole life in Moosehorn, a small town located in Manitoba’s Interlake Region, about 197 kilometres from Winnipeg. The hardware manager at the local Co-op, Rawluk likes to garden. There’s nothing new about a man who . . .
Posted: 2019-06-08
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Jewel box gems
Courtyard garden creates tapestry of textures
When Ken Dunsmore and Cathy Shearer decided to downsize and sell their home which had a large garden filled with hundreds of plants, they knew this would free up more time to do what they love to do — . . .
Posted: 2023-08-26
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Gardens of remembrance
Project honours soldiers who fought in First World War
This November, a dozen new gardens which combine art, nature and a global approach to commemoration in this centennial year of the armistice of the First World War officially opened to the public. Another four Gardens of Peace will be . . .
Posted: 2018-11-10
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10 beautiful plants to plant now
Get a head start on next year’s garden
My favourite garden of all is the late summer garden. Plants have ripened and matured, their long stems and profusion of flowers and seedheads intermingling with neighbouring plants to produce a tapestry of colour and texture. Bees, butterflies and . . .
Posted: 2025-08-23
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This man’s Portage la Prairie garden is his castle
Winner of Best Urban Home Grounds Good Roads a true treasure
Earlier this year, Willy Klassen was awarded the Burgess Shield for the 2022 Best Urban Home Grounds. Klassen’s garden was Portage la Prairie’s nomination for the Manitoba Good Roads Association’s annual competition for populations over 7, 500. It will . . .
Posted: 2023-06-30
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Reviving a rural property
'We shouldn't restrict ourselves, but instead be adventurous'
Maurice Larson, local plantsman and former outdoor garden supervisor at Assiniboine Park Conservancy, has been focused on garden-making all his adult life. Growing up on a farm in Hilltop in the former rural municipality of Clanwilliam located on the southeast side . . .
Posted: 2018-08-11